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The Red Cross said my last donation tested negative for C-19 antibodies -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 10:10AM
Just had what may have been my 20th+ Covid test this morning - all negative ** -- B777Fr8Dog 08/27/2020 9:18PM Are they still sticking the probe into the back of your sinus cavities? ** -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 9:34PM Yep, not as bad as the way the Chinese did it. Also, my girls had Covid -- B777Fr8Dog 08/27/2020 10:25PM Antibody test is not always accurate, false negatives more -- TechMomof2 08/27/2020 4:54PM Wish I could... -- Burruss Writer 08/27/2020 4:30PM That's interesting. Do you have to ask or do they automatically do it? -- BigDave 08/27/2020 12:17PM You can find it on your Red Cross App. -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 1:40PM If you were sick in January -- Beerman 08/27/2020 12:35PM They're doing it automatically with all blood donations. -- HokieGator 08/27/2020 12:22PM It’s automatic now for our Red Cross. -- GreenvilleVT 08/27/2020 12:20PM They won't take mine b/c of blood thinners or else I would. ** -- AZHokie59 08/27/2020 11:49AM I couldn't donate during my Navy days... -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 11:54AM I haven't been able to donate since my Navy days. I was stationed over in -- ArdbegHokie 08/27/2020 12:40PM I saw that on the screening form. -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 1:38PM Hmm....I always assumed that was because Navy guys are known to... -- JoesterVT 08/27/2020 11:57AM Got a note this morning that my Aug 9 platelet donation went to ... -- OXVT 08/27/2020 11:03AM Awesome! ** -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 11:36AM I just did. My antibody was negative. Damn. -- GreenvilleVT 08/27/2020 10:15AM "Thank goodness"? ** -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 10:12AM Do you want to be infected by C-19? ** -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 10:23AM I met two people who had it in June, one of which is a COVID nurse ... -- vt90 08/27/2020 10:32AM Nurse shun -- statmanfromHCyrs 08/27/2020 10:59AM Eh ... very nice lady but you're gonna have to trust me on this. ** -- vt90 08/27/2020 11:03AM Can always humor us..... -- statmanfromHCyrs 08/27/2020 11:14AM Let's go with that one! -- vt90 08/27/2020 11:18AM That's great! -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 10:39AM I can't right now unfortunately ... -- vt90 08/27/2020 10:43AM I don't blame them...they shouldn't take zombie blood. -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 10:44AM Solid point. ** -- vt90 08/27/2020 10:45AM I'd rather have been infected and not know it and have the antibodies... -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 10:25AM Yep...exactly what i thought! I wish I'd had it & was asymptomatic-> -- HOKIERIT 08/27/2020 8:23PM It also means you were asymptomatic and transmitted to any # of people -- hoosnowahokie 08/27/2020 11:58AM Have you not been observing the recommended safety-> -- HOKIERIT 08/27/2020 8:32PM ...unless he practiced social distancing, work a mask, worked from home etc -- Baltimore Hokie 08/27/2020 3:12PM Maybe, maybe not. -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 12:01PM Can you not see how one would be relieved to know they were -- hoosnowahokie 08/27/2020 12:03PM Sure, can you not see how someone might also be relieved... -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 12:10PM Jury is still out on re-infection. I would not be so confident. ** -- ModerateHokie 08/27/2020 12:37PM I'm not getting into this again. Been covered already. -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 12:39PM Alleviate concern, or provide a false sense of security. Who knows. ** -- ModerateHokie 08/27/2020 12:42PM How many rerinfections have been DOCUMENTED (other than the ONE in Hong-> -- HOKIERIT 08/27/2020 8:28PM 'Cept the long-term effects are unknown. I'd rather just never get it. ** -- ModerateHokie 08/27/2020 11:42AM I can understand that reasoning. -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 12:02PM You're allowed to be wrong. It's ok. -- ModerateHokie 08/27/2020 12:22PM Sure ** -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 12:27PM How much blood have you donated this year? -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 10:37AM None, what's your point? I fully support you donating blood. -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 10:42AM The point is why are you talking about how you would donate plasma, when... -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 10:48AM Because of the study that came out recently regarding plasma treatment... -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 10:53AM But blood donation has been a thing for 100+ years. -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 11:41AM You’re reading far more into this than is there... -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 11:44AM Speaking of trying to maintain the superior moral position...lol -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 11:47AM Nobody attacked you and I never said that. -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 11:50AM You took offense to my relief, which was pretty clear in your first reply -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 11:57AM No I didn't...I was trying to understand your comment. -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 11:59AM I also got $20 in gift cards. ** -- GreenvilleVT 08/27/2020 10:50AM Yeah, I thought antibodies were a good thing? ** -- Hurley09 08/27/2020 10:26AM Wouldn’t you want to test positive for antibodies? ** -- RoswellGAHokie 08/27/2020 10:12AM Only if I had a asymptomatic reaction to C-19 -- EDGEMAN 08/27/2020 10:17AM If your blood had antibodies, any symptoms would have been over long ago. -- MP4VT2004 08/27/2020 10:35AM But even some asymptomatic folks develop some of the long term syndromes... -- JoesterVT 08/27/2020 11:22AM Understood, I was just responding to Edge's post about... -- MP4VT2004 08/27/2020 11:35AM I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. -- vthokieq 08/27/2020 10:34AM Maybe worried about unknown effects that show up months/years later. -- Hokie360 08/27/2020 10:37AM
